Echoes of My Son
Reid Scott is a brilliant computer-software developer. His devotion to the companies he has established ensures that they will become highly prosperous. However, in choosing to spend long hours at work, he has become increasingly estranged from his family. When his seventeen-year-old son is brutally murdered, Reid is forced to face the fact that he has been a lousy dad. Consumed by rage fueled by guilt, he vows to reap vengeance on his son's killer. But then, as a new Christian, he learns that he must forgive to be forgiven, a requirement that seems absolutely impossible.
Ruben Walker is a poor kid from a broken home. When his mother disappears suddenly with him being the eldest-the responsibility to provide for his younger siblings falls on his shoulders. He does the best he can until Child Protective Services splits his family apart. His sister and two brothers are sent to separate foster homes. Ruben believes that money is the key. If he accumulates enough wealth, he feels he can convince CPS that he is fit to reunite his family. In utter desperation, he resorts to robbery. During the robbery, a seventeen-year-old boy is inadvertently killed.
A sequence of providential events brings Reid and Ruben together. They have no idea they share an appalling tragedy. Over the course of many months, Reid and his wife, Allison, learn to care deeply for Ruben, who reminds them of their deceased son. Their love for the boy is put to the test the day Ruben shares his most closely guarded secret by confessing his crime.
This Christian novel examines what it means to live by faith, to forgive the unforgivable, and to love unconditionally.
Escape To Another Reality:God Also Plays Hardball!
I once believed that I was an objective observer of the world around me. Then at age 22, I was arrested for a felony and bound for prison. Suddenly, I had a mental shift, which felt like an invasion of my mind by an unknown entity, and I saw myself running for my life under a barrage of gunfire. In the terrifying process I did not just escape the police, the city and state I was arrested in, but I escaped reality as I knew it, running past buildings that were sky high with completely flat facades. The cars were taller, longer, and the street I was running on became straight, narrowing all the way to the horizon, as they often appear in surreal paintings. In this psychedelic mindset, everything appeared to move slower, allowing me to dodge gunfire and miraculously escape the police. When the hallucination ended, I was in a different city and state, New York City. Without money, personal I.D. or a place to sleep, I was forced to live in a different reality, one which included an unseen power that meddled in my life.
Breach
United States Supreme Court Justice Bailey Stewart, well known for her honesty, fairness, and consistency in interpreting the Constitution, becomes privy to some startling revelations, ones that will test her curiosity to know more and determine what might the public have a right to know.
Befriended by an unknown, but seemingly well-versed source identified as Ivanhoe, she becomes entrenched in what has been purported to be the truths, half-truths and outright fabricated mysteries of history. The fact vs. fiction debate could lead to revisionist history, but at what cost? Her legal mind races to put the pieces of the giant jigsaw together. She calls on her former college mentor, Dr. Mathew Brumfield, solicits the help of federal judge, Deputy Attorney General and special prosecutor Spencer Crockett and leans on her husband Dr. Zach Longfellow to guide her through a maze of information and potential landmines.
Initial Ivanhoe caches of information whet the appetite: The Kennedy Assassinations, curse for cancer, alternative fuel sources, Pearl Harbor, even alien visits. On face value, the 16 Ivanhoe letters are a good read, leading to detailed facts that delves into who knew what and when and did the government know any or all of this and keep it from the public’s eye?
The inquiries lead to searching for records from the FBI, National Archives, the U.S. Congress, known and unknown governmental agencies and more. Stop signs abound. Threats become real.
As Ivanhoe has attested, all of the information since shared with Justice Stewart is true, and there is more. As for those who would stand to win or lose with such information, there will be a day of reckoning. Legal remedies have worked their way up the ladder to reach the Supreme Court.
At issue is what does the public have a right to know? You be the judge.
Rainbow Farm
Donald Trump as the Forty-Fifth President. It uses the same principle as George Orwell did in Animal Farm where certain notorious personalities come to life as animals on the farm. It exposes the hypocrisy of both U.S. political parties, Donkeys and Elephants, in their dealings with each other as well as their hypocritical views of other farms. When it comes to U.S. foreign policy, it exposes how U.S. criticisms of other farms’ actions are really actions that are the same as its own. It shows how we all are similar in nature and one and the same with just different means trying to achieve the same ends. You will immediately recognize certain personalities like the flamboyant Pete, sexy Rex, Shrill, and Cam, but other personalities' portrayals are more cryptic, requiring analysis to determine who that character may be. The story begins with the arrival of Pete to the farm up to the point of the election and the aftermath of what is undoubtedly the greatest political upset in modern history. Not all is serious, and not all is politics. Join the animals on the farm in their favorite pastime as they observe the annual bull-riding competition on Justice; watch Regan in her inferno as she slowly gets grilled by Sly, and have a front row to the Hen’s March, the Coup, and Inquisition. Enjoy the in-depth conversation between Rex and Pete, and finally contemplate the final interview of the Wise Old Owl on numerous topics which are affecting today’s society. There is something for everyone in Rainbow Farm. Hopefully, the result of reading it will be an honest self-critique of ourselves and America and more acceptance of all things different.
Meditations from the River
Have you ever jumped into a cool lake or river in the heat of a summer day? If you have, then you know how wondrously refreshing it is. All the heat that had permeated your body and consumed your thinking is suddenly drawn from you by this amazing liquid plunge. If this is true in the natural, how much more amazing would a plunge into God's River be? Meditations from the River - Healing Waters for Troubled Times is an invitation for you to jump into the river of God. Through this collection of poems and meditations there is a stream of Jesus' love, compassion and transformation to meet you at your point of need. Do you need healing in your emotions from a recent loss or heartbreak? Are you dry in your spirit or sick in your body? Have you suffered a lengthy trial and need refreshing? Do you long for the comfort of the Father's hand? It can all be found in the river of God. Carol did not always believe that God's healing waters could restore her to health. Through these pages you will catch a glimpse of her battle with the emotional and physical effects of fibromyalgia and the unhealthy ways she processed her pain and loss. You will also hear the ways the river of God met her, the words of comfort Jesus spoke to her, and the hope the Spirit breathed into her heart. In time, she was pleased and grateful to discover that this river contained all the grace she needed for her wearisome journey. She hopes that you find the same is true for you. Jump in.
A TORRENT OF FAITH
Paul Langdon is a struggling real estate broker. By nature, he is a cautious man, adverse to taking risks. While scouting out a tract of land, Paul loses his way in the woods. After wandering helplessly for several days, he is saved by the interventions of a wolf – except there are no wolves in upstate New York. As a lukewarm Christian, Paul discovers that his miraculous encounter has challenged his faith in God. Two additional miracles, each more compelling than the last, combine to strengthen his spiritual devotion. This story explores the nuances of genuine faith, and in light of God’s sovereignty, what trusting in Him truly entails.
RIDING IN THE BACKSEAT WITH MY BROTHER
Riding in the Backseat with My Brother takes readers through a journey beginning in the ‘50s steered by a dad who had wanderlust, and a nervous mother who gave her third child away following a nervous breakdown after his birth. Our lineage of distant relatives some called gypsies, wanderers, or Irish Travelers, had not skipped this generation altogether. “As we bounced across the country, sucking up the sounds, smells, and sights of new places, the events along the way formed us, making imprints in our hearts and minds forever.”
GRAPHENE
Before airplanes crossed the oceans, gigantic gas-filled airships cruised serenely between Europe and North and South America. The horrific 1937 crash of the Hindenburg, the pride of Nazi Germany, ended that phase of passenger travel, and more than twenty years passed before heavier-than-air passenger airliners could cross the Atlantic again. In Graphene, Alexandra Shultz’s dream of reviving that lost age of air travel comes true when she enters a proposal for a Lighter-Than-Air (LTA) cruise ship into an entrepreneur’s contest, and billionaire venture capitalist Max Brita becomes a believer. Together they take the LTA concept and the miraculous new material Graphene into products and vessels the original dirigible designers never would have dreamt of.
HOW TO IMPROVE SELF-ESTEEM IN ANY CHILD
Children are fragile, shy, and unsure of themselves. Yet there are some children who feel they are the universe. They have to learn how to value themselves, their contribution, and their property; and to do the same for others. They have to learn that they do not live on an island by themselves. Therefore, they have to learn how to socially interact with others, and learn how to love, respect, and appreciate themselves, as well as others. This book will teach them these skills.
MAGIC WORDS
The book tells the story of the Dorights. Susan and Jim have a problem with their kids, Billy and Mary. A really big problem. Their kids are rude and impolite. So in a desperate attempt to teach their kids good manners, they came up with a game called the Magic Word Game. When something happens or they want something, Billy and Mary must use the magic words. If not, they will become invisible and their parents will not see them. Only the magic words will make the spell go away. Magic Words teaches through positive reinforcement that good behavior is rewarded and bad behavior makes them invisible and ignored. “It is fascinating how easy it is to teach a child without raising your voice or losing your temper,” says McAliley, who has over twenty-five years of teaching experience. Parents who are looking for ideas to discipline their children will find an answer in this book.
THE REALM
Across the twelve seas, in the land of Ur - King William, ruler of the Northern Kingdom betrothed his daughter, Juliette, Countess of Lyon Head to Richard, son of King Fredrick, ruler of the Southern Kingdom. The wedding was to stop the wars between the two empires once and for all. This arrangement was unsettling to the sisters of Black Water; a dark evil place on the Isle of Drake. The sisters, Greta and Hagar were witches, better known as the Twins. They would stop at nothing to ensure the two kingdoms never united. Unbeknownst to King William, the Twins had a spy; one deceitful character on the king’s council. He was more than pleased to secretly hand over information to the witches on Juliette’s whereabouts. With Juliette out of the picture – the wedding could not take place. It was on one of her many escorted journeys through the Redwood Forest that she was abducted. While the Twins held Juliette captive in their filthy dungeon below their castle, she was forced to drink an evil potion; sealing her fate forever. This ruthless deed by the Twins would set in motion the ancient one’s long journey through time to find the Promise…